Washing-machine



UNITEDA sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

JAMES M. BOIS, OF AURORA, NEV YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,223, dated January 29, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. Bois, of

Aurora, Erie county, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined IVashing and Vringing Machines; and I'do hereby.declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which,h

Figure I is a. longitudinal section of my improved machine and Fig. II an end elevation of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A is a rectangular tub or box supported upon legs and divided into two unequal parts (B) and (O) by the cross head (D) the larger part (B) for the reception of the clothes to be washed and the washing apparatus and the smaller part (O) for the reception of the rollers &c. for drying or pressing the water from the clothes after they are washed. The bottom of the part (B) has a number of transverse ribs or slats (7) fastened thereto forming a corrugated surface.

E is the rubber, the under surface of which is convex with transverse parallel ribs or slats (g) similar to those on the bottom of the tub. A shaft (G) passes through the rubber at its center the projecting ends of which are held in vertical grooves formed in the pieces (7L), connected to the sides of the V tub.

I. is a handle or lever projecting vertically from the center of the rubber E and by means of which the proper motion is given to the rubber. A rounded shoulder is formed on each side of the handle a short distance above the rubber.

K. is a pressure bar having a slot (c) at its center through which the handle or lever (I) passes, allowing the bar to press upon the shoulders One end of the bar is held in a notch made in the cross head (D) and the other by the toothed spring (L) connected to the opposite end of the tub. A wedge (m) inserted behind the spring will prevent the spring from springing back and freeing the end of the pressure bar (K), though by removing the wedge and pressing back the spring the end of the bar may be adjusted so as .to bring more or less pressure upon the rubber.

N and O are two rollers placed one over the otherhthe upper roller N being covered with gutta percha or other suitable material and having journal bearings in the pieces (P) fastened to the side pieces of the tub near the ends thereof. The under roller` (O) has ournal bearings in the levers (Q) which have their fulcrums upon a. rod (R) extending across the tub and connected to the side pieces thereof. The opposite ends of the levers to those upon which the roller is supported are connected together by a cross rod (S).

T, is a lever one end of which is connected to one of the legs of the tub, the other end being held by a toothed plate (U) connected to the opposite leg of the tub.

V, is a connecting rod one end of which is secured to the cross rod (S) and the other end connected to the lever T, the rod passing through the bottom of the tub and through the tube (IV) which tube will prevent the water leaking through the hole in the bottom made for the passage of the rod.

One end of the shaft of the lower roller (O) projects through the end of the lever (Q) in which it has its journal bearings and thro-ugh the side of the tub and has a winch handle X connected thereto by which motion is given to the rollers.

Y, is a feed board placed on top of the cross piece (D) and upon which the clothes vare laid to be fed to the rollers, for wringing or pressing the water therefrom, after they have been washed.

Operation: The clothes to be washed are spread out upon t-he bot-tom of the part the rubber being removed from the tub for that purpose, to do which it is simply necessary to remove the wedge (m) and press back the spring (L) thus unfastening the pressure bar K and allowing it and the rubber to be lifted out together. The clothes to be washed being properly spread out upon the bottom of the tub, the rubber is again put in and by means of the pressure bar caused to rest upon them with the proper amount of pressure. An oscillating motion is then given to the rubber by means of theA handle or lever This motionbeing continued for a few minutes the clothes will be washed clean without danger of tearing or injuring them in the operation. The clothes being washed they are taken from the tub piece by piece and laid upon the feed board Y. Motion is given to the rollers by means of the winch as the clothes are fed between them and the propervamount of pressure is given by the operator placing hisl foot upon the lever (T) and pressing down thereon thus through the connecting rod V and levers (Q) bringing the rollers nearer together and increasing the pressure. The lever T willbe held in any required position by the teeth of the plate (U). The water as it is pressed from the clothes will run back upon the feed board into the tub the board being placed upon a slight in` cline to cause it to do so. Such part of the water as may leak down between the end of the feed board and roller (O) will fall into the part (C) from which it may be drawn off through a hole or faucet made for that purpose. lThe water in the larger part (B) of the tub may also be drawn od in a similar manner. The clothes having been washed and the suds or washing water, having been wrung or pressed therefrom as describedthe washing water may then be drawn from the part B, and clean water for rinsing put therein, and after rinsing the rinsing water may be pressed from the clothes in like manner as before, and the clothes then hung upon the lines for airing.

I claim* The pressure bar K, having a slot K at the center, through which slot the handle I, passes to allow the bar to press or bear upon the rounded shoulders j, in combination and arrangement with the .toothed spring L and notched cross head D, rubber E, handle I,

shaft Gr, and side pieces h, `substantially as set forth.

JAMES M. BOIS. Vitnesses:

E. B. FoRBUsH, W. H. FoRBUsH. 

